trying to display countdown based on timer, but stop at 0

Leanne

display text 10-self.time, but would like it to stop at 0 instead of going into negative numbers. I have tried a number of different ways to know avail. Wondering if anyone has a quick answer.

Manto

Rule:
if 10-self.time ≥ 0
display text 10-selftime
otherwise
display text 0

Leanne

i know it's probably obvious, but how can I do "if 10-self.time?" Can't seem to find a way to put "10-" into the first part of the rule or pull up the expression editor...

I did try to make an attribute, change game.attribute to 10-self.time
then, if game.attribute is greater than or equal to 0, display text 10-self.time, otherwise display 0, buy it still goes down past 0.

this should be simple, right?

Leanne

i also used padInt(3-self.Time,2) so it would not display the decimals. Is this somehow impeding the other rule from working?

tatiang

Two ways:

(1)
Rule: When self.Time [less than or equal to] 10
...DisplayText 10-self.time
Otherwise
...DisplayText 0

(2)
Constrain attribute self.TimeLeft (index) to 10-self.Time
DisplayText self.TimeLeft

Note: index attributes are limited to >= 0 values so it won't go negative, but you'll only see the integer values counting down.

Leanne

used the first. worked like a charm. thank you muchly.